The purpose of the drug testing requirement is to reduce the welfare rolls and save money so taxes on the rich can be reduced.

Florida failed miserably if accounted in dollars. Spent way more on testing than withholding from cannabis users.

How can that be? I was led to believe that welfare recipients were all black-slash-hispanic-junkie-layabouts.

(as if that tag were even needed?)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/07/georgia-drug-testing_n_2637551.html
For the past year, the Georgia Department of Labor has encouraged Georgia businesses to alert the agency if a job applicant fails a drug test, so that the department does not spend unemployment insurance on those who aren't really ready to work.

How many drug test failures have businesses reported? Just one, according to department spokesman Sam Hall.

"As a result of that one employer calling, we investigated and the person that had been reported was disallowed from continuing to receive benefits," Hall said.

For the past few years, concern that unemployed people are using drugs has been widespread among state business groups and Republican officeholders. Lawmakers in more than 30 states have pursued drug testing for people seeking unemployment or welfare benefits.

Yet data reflecting the problem are scant.

But when they put on their public "we care about you" face, they use the nicer version.

Seems there are a few other good reasons $$$ for drug testing welfare recipients.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/business/gov-rick-scotts-drug-testing-policy-stirs-suspicio/nLq8f/

...does it? I mean look at the members of GWB's administration that a horse in the race. I think that is when "conflict of interest" bit the dust.

Back in the days of caring about workers.

....it's been a while....

Now it's contracted out - privatization kills unions - it's all about profit, not doing the job right.

That's why Lockheed and McDonald Douglas are union.

And Republicans do all they can to give those firms the "freedom" to hire former burger flippers to assemble fighter jets.

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/02/235014/rick-scott-unconstitutional/

Others have noted the resemblance:

I think I'm gonna have nightmares now.

Ayn Rand
Ron Paul
Rand Paul
Paul Ryan

Rick Scott
Scott Walker

Add others as they come to mind...

It's a freaking conspiracy, I tell ya!

Your name conspiracy theory reminds me of that episode of Family Guy where Lois gets a job at Fox News and Discovers that Rush Mibaugh and Michael Moore are really the same person - characters that were being played by Fred Savage.

to get elected to higher office. He made thieves wear sandwich boards detailing their crimes out in public. If they shoplifted, he made them stand outside the store they stole from. Rapist the option of chemical castration. They carved him a district splitting our Democratic district in half. He has been far right with Senator Cornholeio (Cornyn) ever since! Total piece of shite!

We just got shifted out of Sen. Whitmire's district into Hoffman's district - talk about a huge step down!

I am in Beaumont, where abouts do you reside?